Today was time to ride the Spring Creek Greenway to John Pundt Park. On the way back I rode on the San Jacinto Bayou Greenway and stopped at Kingwood Bicycles to chat with Ben. The last time I rode there was November 6th, 2023. I set out at 10:41 AM on my Lynskey Helix bike. There were other cyclists on Spring Creek but not a large number. Most of them I saw going to John Pundt Park and returning to the US59 trailhead. I could’ve started earlier but I watched stage 5 of The Tour of the Alps and a YouTube channel I like. Then I decided to clear out some bike stuff I no longer use. On the way back to US59 a man and woman on a tandem passed me. When I got to the trailhead they were putting their bike away and I went over and talked with the man (I forgot to ask his name). We chatted about biking an he said the far west end of the greenway beyond I-45 was passable for another 5 or 6 miles. There is a 20 foot section of sand just beyond the barrier but then the greenway is paved. I told him I will check it out. Then I walked over to John who was getting his bike out of the car to ride. I noticed he had an Insta360 camera and we talked about cameras and riding. He posts his videos on TikTok. All of my talking delayed my finish to 2:32 PM.

Today’s ride of 41.48 miles was below my average distance for this route by about 1.5 miles. Not sure where I changed the route.

Strava top results: PR on Greenway Appendix (48s) and PR on North Shore Sunrise (3:28). I’m up 553 miles towards my April goal, 69% of the way there. The week looks good at 191.63 miles.

The cloudy sky looked like rain might come but I think my sunglasses enhanced the cloudiness. No rain but about 5 or 6 raindrops hit the Bolt computer screen during the last half mile. Weather: Start 78 degrees, humidity 81%, dew point 71.6, mostly cloudy, wind calm; @ Pundt Park 83 degrees, humidity 63%, dew point 69, mostly cloudy, wind NE 3 mph; Finish 81 degrees, humidity 77%, dew point 73.2, cloudy, wind SE 6 mph.